Ho, DongilOzdemir, ResulKim, HyungsugEarmme, TaeshikUsta, HakanKim, Choongik2019-07-302019-07-302019CHEMPLUSCHEM Volume: 84 Issue: 1 Pages: 18-37 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.2018005432192-6506Accession Number: WOS:000457434100003DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201800543http://acikerisim.agu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/20.500.12573/77C.K. acknowledges support from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (No. NRF-2016M1A3A3A02016885 and NRF-2017R1A2B4001955).The rapid emergence of organic (opto)electronics as a promising alternative to conventional (opto)electronics has been achieved through the design and development of novel pi-conjugated systems. Among various semiconducting structural platforms, 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY) pi-systems have recently attracted attention for use in organic thin-films transistors (OTFTs) and organic photovoltaics (OPVs). This Review article provides an overview of the developments in the past 10 years on the structural design and synthesis of BODIPY-based organic semiconductors and their application in OTFT/OPV devices. The findings summarized and discussed here include the most recent breakthroughs in BODIPYs with record-high charge carrier mobilities and power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). The most up-to-date design rationales and discussions providing a strong understanding of structure-property-function relationships in BODIPY-based semiconductors are presented. Thus, this review is expected to inspire new research for future materials developments/applications in this family of molecules.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBODIPYorganic photovoltaicsorganic thin-film transistorssemiconductorsarticle10.1002/cplu.201800543